Split in the Palestinian "Rejectionist Front?"
Like most American observers, I tend to think of any apparent progress towards an Israeli-Palestinian settlement skeptically, on grounds that extremists have crucial political leverage on both sides. In particular, it has seemed apparent that Hamas and Islamic Jihad are only giving the new government of Abu Mazen running room so long as he can secure concessions from the Israelis and the U.S. without seriously impairing their own freedom of terrorist action.
But maybe there's hope. Check out this piece by Joseph Braude just posted on the New Republic site. It suggests new and potentially important rifts in the "Rejectionist Front" that might ultimately separate Jihadists from their base of support.
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